About The Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT)
“The CAT is made possible by a five-year (2019-2024) grant from the Global Action to End Smoking through its affiliate the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI), which aims to diversify tobacco-dependent economies.”
The CAT is more than just a physical location where farmers can come to witness new innovations in agriculture. CAT leverages the latest science and technology, from a variety of improved agricultural technologies and innovations for smallholder farmers to data science for informed decision making. Those technologies are then demonstrated to smallholder farmers at the CAT Smart Farms, and made available to farmers through private sector partnerships, business incubation, and enterprise development. CAT will transform the agricultural sector in Malawi, away from tobacco and to a more inclusive agricultural system.
OUR GOAL
The goal of the CAT is to transform Malawian agriculture systems and the lives of Malawian smallholder tobacco farmers by giving them access to inclusive innovation in agricultural science and technology through a range of commercialization channels.
IMPACT TO DATE
78,402
Total number of unique individuals supported directly
948,232
Total number of unique individuals supported indirectly
92%
% of direct CAT participant farmers who have applied innovations in alternative value chains (MSD partners)
66%
% of direct CAT participant farmers who have applied innovations in alternative value chains (Smart farm visitors)
50%
Number of smallholder farmers with sufficient access to inputs
72%
Number of smallholder farmers with sufficient market access
